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How Pleasure Works : The New Science of Why We Like What We Like
by Paul Bloom
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Overview
Why is an artistic masterpiece worth millions more than a convincing forgery? Pleasure works in mysterious ways, as Paul Bloom reveals in this investigation of what we desire and why. Drawing on a wealth of surprising studies, Bloom investigates pleasures noble and seamy, lofty and mundane, to reveal that our enjoyment of a given thing is determined not by what we can see and touch but by our beliefs about that thing's history, origin, and deeper nature.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780393340006
- ISBN-10: 0393340007
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: June 2011
- Dimensions: 8.19 x 5.5 x 1.07 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.53 pounds
- Page Count: 302
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